Before the great recession, as a 22-year-old that knew nothing, I did a few flips and ran my own property management company.

The specialist I recommend you have is an attorney to properly draft the documents and a title company to facilitate the deal.

I hired an IRA-approved valuation company to value that note at that time.

One thing I think I would do is either hire a professional market research company and/or get a local high school or college marketing class to do market research and surveys to see if there is interest and demand. 

Taxes are just as expensive as Elmira but the schools and the town are much better.

As mentioned have an attorney or title company draft the note and mortgage.

Weather cools, people are busy with school, resting from summer, prepping for the holidays, etc.

The insurance company says it’s too much of a fire hazard.

In the real world, most companies with stock prices that drop down that low are more likely to go completely bust, and whatever you invested will just be lost.Regardless of the game's weaknesses, I think overall it was valuable learning experience.

The paralegal was good at interfacing with title and trustee companies.